Meanings
plural station houses · alternative stationhouse · alternative station-house
- USThe headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.
The arrests, in morning raids in California, Florida and New York capped an investigation by San Francisco police into the murder of Sgt. John V. Young, who was killed by a shotgun at a desk in the Ingleside stationhouse on Aug. 29, 1971.
2007 January 24, Jesse Mckinley, “8 Arrested in 1971 Killing of San Francisco Police Officer”, in New York TimesSynonyms: police station, precinct
- A building serving as shelter at a railway station.
The station arrangements are modern, and a subway connects the platforms, but the station house is the standard of 60 years ago.
1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 149
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian полицейски участък
- полицейски участък (policejski učastăk)area headquarters for police.
German Polizeirevier, Polizeiposten
- Polizeirevierarea headquarters for police.
- Polizeipostenarea headquarters for police.
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station house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/station%20house
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